Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Texas) says it shut down all process units at its Port Neches, Texas, facility early on the morning of 15 August after a site-wide power outage. Huntsman expects to return the facility to normal operations "within the next three days," the company tells CW....

With oil under $50/barrel, North America’s ethane advantage is not nearly so great as it once was, but it remains large enough to attract major ethylene projects, as two stories in this week’s Business Insider show. Notably, one of the projects is a joint venture between US-based ExxonMobil and Saudi Arabia’s Sabic....